complex instruction set computing

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complex instruction set computing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  complex instruction set computing
      n 1: (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has
           a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
           [syn: complex instruction set computing, complex instruction set computer
           , CISC] [ant: RISC, reduced instruction set computer
           , reduced instruction set computing
           ]